Someone being able to connect to their device is the definition I use. What's your definition?
Being able to relay through a third party is a different thing.
Being able to relay through a third party is a different thing.
And for everyone that does pay this "internet tax", it only strengthens the position of said corporations to be able to buy up even more of the available routable ips. It's not hard to see that the end result is very much not in the consumers favor, regardless of how unnecessary it feels for customers currently to have a real ip when all they want is kitten animations on social media.